Ser Barristan the Bad*ss (Game of Thrones) 

"Even now I could cut through the five of you like carving a cake!" man that always gives me goose bumps

*One of the Old Gods once tried to possess Ser Barristan. It went mad with fear and hid under the sea to escape from him and became the Drowned God. *Ser Barristan once threw a bottle of Wildfire and killed 50 people. Then it exploded. *They once named a bridge after him, but they had to change the name to something else because no one crosses Barristan Selmy and lives. *The Andals pray to the Seven. The Seven pray to Ser Barristan.

His death in the show was unforgivably bad. He's alive and well in the books though and if he does fall, it'll be glorious..

I always tend to think that if Jamie was there that day Selmy was dismissed, he would have stood up for him. Jamie would have realised how stupid it was to get rid of Selmy. Jamie always admired him.

Ser Barriston Selmy is like the Chuck Norris of Westeros

I'm glad he's still alive in the books.

You forgot to say that he sliced through the entire force of the Golden Company to get to Maelys the Monstrous. That's crazy bada$$!!!

In the book, he says something roughly like, 'Here boy, melt it down and add it to your throne! It would do more good to you than these five here. Perhaps it will cut Stannis and bleed him after he kills and takes that throne from you' Jaime was a better fighter than him throughout the books, he knew. But it was because he was old now, and Jaime is really really Arthur Dayne sort of a bloke, about the same level with Barristan and Gerold Hightower. Tywin Lannister decided to send Tyrion to King's Landing, when he heard of Barristan's dismissal from the Kingsguard in favour of the Hound. ''King's Landing. I am sending you to court.'' ''What am I to do there?'', ''Rule'' his father said curtly. Tyrion hooted with laughter ''My sister might have a word to say about that!'' ''Let her say what she likes. Her son needs to be taken in hand before he ruins us all. I blame those jackanapes on the council - our friend Petyr, the venerable Grand Maester and that cockless wonder Lord Varys. What sort of counsel are they giving Joffrey when he lurches from one folly to next? Whose notion was it to make Janos Slynt a lord? The man's father was a butcher, and they grant him Harrenhal. Harenhall was the seat of kings! Not that he will ever set foot inside it, if I have a say. I am told he took a bloody spear for his sigil. A bloody cleaver would have been my choice.'' ''And dismissing Selmy, where was the sense in that? Yes, the man was old, but the name of barristan the Bold still has meaning in the realm. He lent honor to any man he served. Can anyone say the same of the Hound? You feed your dog bones under the table, you do not seat him beside you on the high bench. If Cersei cannot curb the boy, you must. And if these councillors are playing us false..'' Tyrion knew. ''Spikes,'' he sighed. ''Heads. Walls'' ''I see you have taken a few lessons from me.''

Your boy Barristan the Bold was a true follower of the Jedi code! What a legend!

"Only injury was an arrow to the chest". Pretty fucking big injury if you ask me.

There was no point of killing him in the show. he would have served well in the battles against the night's king and Cercie, with his great experience

He's so bad-ass that even George gave him POV Chapters. The showrunners really cut his story short

Such a pity that he was killed by a bunch of random freaks.

I hope he lives in the books long enough to meet Jon in the books. He's going to cry so hard with joy to know that Rhaegar's heir lived.

7:28 Even the Hound knew better than the draw on Barristen Selmy. It's a crime that a fighter of his skill and calibre went out the way he did. One of the clearest signs for me that the series as a whole was starting to fall.

I forget how young these Kings are when making their children. Barristan lived through 4 generations of Targaryans. He knew the freaking great grandfather of Dany

7:29 even the hound is like "Oh shit!" 7:34 littfinger be like "FUCK I should've kept quite"

Don't worry, in 2030, Games of Thrones will be remade and the future remake will follow the books.

Ser Barristan!!!!!!! one of my fave characters ever!

The disorder that turned Maelys into a monster, is called the Vanishing twin syndrome. It is extremely rare but there are cases miscarriage in which one fetus in the womb absorbs the other dead one into himself, this is possible because the twins share the same DNA and in that early stage of development the cells are not yet specialized and can be re purposed and integrated into the other one or the mother's placenta. In most cases the surviving twin will be fine with no major problems but more rare cases when the phenomenon occurs later in the cycle the surviving twin will be born with deformations or extra body parts that should have belonged to the other twin. It is an extremely rare phenomenon with extremely low chances of creating monsters like Maelys, so don't worry this might happen to your own children.

would have loved to see ser Barristan in his prime fight the Mountain.

Best duell in Game of thrones Ser Arthur Dayne vs Ser Barristan the Bold damn i got chills thinking about that fight

The fact is that Barristan, in the show, was basically fighting with everything against him. He had to press the attack otherwise they'd kill Grey Worm, he had light armor on instead of the plate and chainmail he was used to, he was fighting in an enclosed space, and he was using a sword against enemies with daggers. Yet he still cut through most of them like cake, so at least he got a half-decent send-off. It truly makes you think he could have taken the other Kingsguard on easily.

What are the real benefits to being in the Kingsguard besides just saying your in the Kingsguard?

I've never read the books. But as far as the show goes, Ser Barristan was my all time favorite character. You can imagine I was verrryyy pissed off when he died, and even more so when I learned that he didn't die in the books. The show just did not do his character justice and I'm still salty to this day almost three years later.

I liked barristan before but now....

Loved hearing more about Barastan the Bold. I cried when he died in the show and wanted to learn more about him & Dany's family.

I actually met Ian McElchinney in person at comic on in the UK a few years back and he’s actually just as cool as he was in the show. Good casting.

Was this mic upgrade worth it?

You know what should have happened in the show when Ser Barristan encountered the Sons of the Harpies in that alleyway? We should have cut through the lot of them like carving a cake!

7:34 Little Finger's thoughts : "perhaps it was not a good idea to make fun of a guy who could cut through you a dozen times over"

I love your videos! Thank you for doing justice to this noble character! I also hope he stays alive in the books!!

I am very glad you made this video of such a much loved character as Ser Barristan

Bruh, hearing his true track record, dismissing him was more disrespectful and foolish than I realized, the guy was an above average war-hero and nearly unrivaled in the art of the sword, at his peak or not the guy's very name can remind a knight of who he's facing. Only a fool would cast aside such rare talent, not a king... Why am I defending this guy's honor? loll oh well, good character.

Absolutely man! The reason his chapters were really good (apart from him being badass) was because he experienced so much and we get to read that.

The same man who could cut through the entire kings guard like cake died to a bunch of nobodies. Nice writing.

Loved this video! Great job.

Great character, great story! Thank you for video

I very much enjoy your videos. Barristan is my favorite character.

Great video bro

When your job is as dangerous as a Kingsguard, you better be very, very wary of the guy who makes it to old age. _"Barristan is a painter who only uses the colour red."_ -Jaime Lannister. Here here.

Amazing but you should have definitely included his fight in the final book inside Danny’s bed chamber, against the badass fighting pits champions.

I have just subscribed to your channel. Great video and info. Thank you for the video.

also.. yeah; Ser Barristan would not leave his room without his armour

Barristan Selmy dying in the show kinda ruined it for me, only character I like that's alive is Jorah Mormont.

Can we all just appreciate that he entered a journey with stolen armor at TEN YEARS OLD?! Plus he got a badass epithet almost a full decade before he actually became a knight. Like. That is just so badass.

dude I'm only halfway through book 3 and I had no fucking clue that Selmy was Arstan Whitebeard. I'm going back to reading now lol you just blew my mind!

They should have kept him in the show. He was this great combination of wisdom and badass action.

I always loved Ser Barristan's character because it's not often in media we see someone so feared and so respected by their foes and their enemy alike. He's one of those guys where every time he speaks or steps forward or taps his wooden staff on the ground, you hold your breath, waiting to see what cool shit he would do.

His death in the show was the most conclusive evidence that D&D started going the Hollywood route with the story. Because in Hollywood, you get rid of the old actors to make room for the young and pretty.

I loved the video, but you could've mentioned something about his badass duel vs Khrazz.

A Ser Twenty of the House Goodmen's biography please. Joke aside. I like you content. Pretty well detailed.

That scene where Ser Barristan quits the Kingsguard after being dishonorably discharge was badass. He quit like a badass. But DAMN. Why the hell they killed him off just like that in the show? After reading who he is in the books, the show didn't do justice for him. SHAME.

I always imagine Barristan's fighting style is like Li Mu Bai from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. simple, beautiful, and deadly.

“Even now I could cut through the 5 of you like carving a CAKE!” Wish Ned was there at that moment.

Very well done, thx

That sigial is so dope

Game Of Thrones : Brotherhood needs to arrive asap

I think that his last fight was one of the most badass things I've read about him

I hope that he lives in the books... At some point after Jon Snow learns about his birth, He will want to know who his Father is. Selmy is the only one who knows Rhaegar on a personal level who happens to still be around.

Barristan went out like a stud in the show. He took out like 12 or 13 of the sons of the harpies at the age of 60 before being cut down saving Greyworm. I would have liked to have seen him last until the battle of Winterfell in season 8. He should have died fighting the Night King

His death in the show still pisses me off. I regard it as the start of the shows decline. He was the baddest muthafucker in the 7 kingdoms and rivalled only by Ned for most honourable man. He spent 60 sleighing the most most evil fuckers and fought countless wars beside many kings and princes, won a million tournaments as kid beating guys twice his age the did it again as an old man beating guys half his age and twice his size (certainly in reference to the Hound). He’s still alive in the books were he beat Kraznys Mo Loraqs ass for betraying Danaerys. Yet how was he treated in the show? A loser who gets gutted by a bunch of masked pussies. Bull shit.

Ser Barristan is my favorite character. Many love Tyrion, or Jamie, or Arya or even Sansa. But for me? Ser Barristan Selmy. Maybe Tywin as second and Brienne as third.

My favourite character. I love how everyone shits themselves when he pulls his sword. Especially Joffery. Shows how weak the Kings Guard are to Barristan

He is my favourite character. In GoT and in ASOIAF as well

I love how Joffrey was still a little scared of him even though he had five kings guard

i like how at 9:00 you can hear him drop Jorah off camera

Ser Barristan Da Ballz is semi-superhero class fighter, generational talent.

Disregarding all of the great material that Barristan would have had had he not been killed off, his death was an unsatisfying and unbecoming end to such a great character.

I want a roberts rebellion spin-off, just to see more of Ser Barristan

" I could cut though the five of you like carving a cake". HE really could.

Never noticed before but even the hound seemed to think "oh shit, ima have to fight this guy" even with the guards there.

Ser Barristan Selmy was like the Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking bad) of The Game of Thrones

I've just had a thought. As you mentioned Barristan still thinks about the "long dead" Ashara Dayne, who I believe to be the Septa traveling with Tyrion, so what if that's a hint that Tyrion will get to Mereen and Barristan and Ashara will get to reunite.

Aries wasn't totally crazy at first. It started with positive ambition. Whether it was smart or not, Tywin made sure all we well. He slowly lost it more and more over time

The show really dropped the soap on this character. Oh and apparently everyone was in love with Ashara (except the Young Dragon). But even Jaime knows he's no match against Selmy.

I don't feel like his death was anti-climactic, the old warrior had still some fire in himself, and took down ten younger but less skilled attacker

He also led an attack on one of the Iron Islands in the Greyjoy Rebellion.

here boy!

I would like a prequel with him

In the books, after he exits the throne room, he kills a bunch of gold cloaks who try to stop him and makes his way to the White Book and records his deeds. No one crosses swords with Ser Barristan and lives.

that was Badass

1:08 "Ahhhh save me Grey Worm :("

Him, edard stark and Robert barethion in their prime would have been an unstoppable Force to reckon with

Legend has it the Knight King decided to attack only after he heard Ser Barristan had died...

Why the fuck would they kill selmy in the show if he's still alive in the books?

I wish they would have let Barristan Selmy live until the Long Night, a 1vs1 against the NK would have been the ultimate fight and probably the best way for him to finally lose a battle instead of some random masked dudes

nice video

Would love to see this man become a jedi

Imagine Ser Barristan in his prime with the same powers as The Doom Slayer and imagine those 2 teaming up

Deserved a better ending to his life, loved his character should of been a little more of him

They cut out Selmy so we could get more shitty Dorne. More proof the showrunners are lost without GRRM.

I'm sad they cut his best line in the show. After he said "melt it down and add it to the others", he follows it up with "Perhaps Lord Stannis will sit on it when he arrives." Just the best bit of dark humor to tie up his defiant exit

he was the only one that called joffrey boy in front of dozens of people get away with it,BADASS

I love Barry and thought they did him so dirty, like many other characters, in the show

The Ninja of Duskendale. Selmy in the "old tongue" means "badass". Just ask Maelys Blackfyre. His second head will tell you.

The show didn't give him justice.

Damn I didn't realize the Monsterous was skipping leg day

Barriston Selmy is the John Wick of ASoIaF

This was more or less what happened in season 5 related to ser selmy. D &D did not know what to do with him, as they needed a story for tyrion. So they decided to give Selmy's story in the books to tyrion. So goodbye See Selmy.